Green-crowned plovercrest
| Green-crowned plovercrest | |
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| In São Paulo, Brazil | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Stephanoxis |
| Species: | S. lalandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Stephanoxis lalandi (Vieillot, 1818)
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| Synonyms | |
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Plovercrest | |
The green-crowned plovercrest, also black-breasted plovercrest or simply plovercrest, (Stephanoxis lalandi) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Brazil.